“Опять двадцать пять!” Bill Bowring asks Valentina Melnikova 25 questions

Professor Bill Bowring’s guest this week on “25 Questions” is Valentina Melnikova, a Russian human rights activist and politician, a graduate of the geology department of Moscow State University and…

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Podcast No. 88. Simon & Sergei – with Valentina Melnikova

This week our guest on the podcast is Valentina Dmitrievna Melnikova. Valentina Melnikova is a Russian human rights activist and politician, a graduate of the geology department of Moscow State…

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Valentina Melnikova: Proceeding with the draft now is a crime against the state. On conscription during a pandemic

27 April 2020 Valentina Melnikova is executive secretary of the Union of Committees of Soldiers' Mothers of Russia Source: Moscow Helsinki Group [original source: The Insider] On 26 April the…

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